Combined effects of smoking and interleukin-6 and C-reactive protein genetic variants on endothelial function, inflammation, thrombosis and incidence of coronary artery disease

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 176, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 254-257

  Hatzis, George ^a   Tousoulis, Dimitris ^a   Papageorgiou, Nikolaos ^a   Bouras, George ^a   Oikonomou, Evangelos ^a   Miliou, Antigoni ^a   Siasos, Gerasimos ^a   Toutouzas, Kostas ^a   Papaioannou, Spyridon ^a   Tsiamis, Eleftherios ^a   Antoniades, Charalambos ^a   Stefanadis, Christodoulos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

C reactive protein; Endothelial function; Gene polymorphisms; Interleukin 6; Tobacco smoking

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CD40 LIGAND; D DIMER; FIBRINOGEN; INTERLEUKIN 6; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; IL6 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ADULT; ALLELE; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFLAMMATION; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF REPORT; SMOKING; STABLE ANGINA PECTORIS; THROMBOSIS; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; AGED; GENETICS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFLAMMATION; INTERLEUKIN-6; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SMOKING; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 84906313915     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2014.06.058     Document Type: Article

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